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Referee's report by Marshall Hall, on a paper 'Researches into the structure of the spinal chord' by Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke

Reference number: RR/2/44

Date: 18 February 1851

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to previous work by Dr. Stilling of Cassel [Benedict Stilling?], and compares to current processes in the reviewed paper. The current paper corroborates the ideas of Sir Charles Bell. The reviewer has spent time with both Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke and 'Mr Browne'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/44
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18 February 1851
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Marshall Hall

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Marshall Hall, Referee's report by Marshall Hall, on a paper 'Researches into the structure of the spinal chord' by Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke, 18 February 1851, RR/2/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_44/referees-report-by-marshall-hall-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-structure-of-the-spinal-chord-by-jacob-augustus-lockhart-clarke, accessed on 08 February 2026

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